CEO/CHIEF TALENT OFFICER
LPA DESIGN STUDIOS
WHY: Became CEO in 2017, oversees more than 400 architects, engineers, landscape architects and interior designers; and 2025 AIA Architecture Firm Award honoree
IN THE NEWS: Oversees the No. 1 ranked architectural firm in OC with $92M in local billings for the year ended June 30, 2025. Guides major projects like the $1 billion Hoag Sun Family Campus, an expansion that includes six new buildings, 155-patient beds and 120,000 square feet of ambulatory facilities which is slated to open later this year. NOTABLE: A graduate of California Polytechnic State University in Pomona.
IN HER WORDS: “I just believe in my pure being. That you have to be able to express your thoughts and what you care about. It’s the leaning in. It’s the raising the hand. It’s taking ownership.” — The Imagine a Place Podcast FUN FACT: Started as a 19-year-old intern at LPA in 1987 — after looking them up in the yellow pages.
